Dictionary for Abe-Lingo (=special words inside the Abraham-Universe)
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2024 3:02 pm
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AAIIG
The Abraham-book "Ask and it is Given"
Abrahamster
An early name for those who love the Abraham-teaching
Action-Journey
Abe teach that Action-Journey and Drama are very alike. They are motivated, loud, painful, confused, non-aligned und not satisfying, because we did not tend to shift VIBRATION first. Now we "try to bang things into place" with hard work, instead. It's rarely working, but mostly exhausting. Back off, relax, and start new in more Alignment.
Note that "inspired Action" from ITV is a very good and effective, but most of all joyful thing!
AH
Abbreviation for "Abraham Hicks Publications",
the website of- and the enterprise, that holds all copyrights, that publishes, organizes and sells all the products around Abraham
Alignment
The whole EGS (=Emotional Guidance System) is about to see where you are in regards to Source, within you: Are you "high" ITV on top of the EGS, than you have a great level of Alignment with Source. Somewhere in the middle of the EGS, you have a level of Alignment that doesn't feel so good anymore, but not terribly bad either. And in the "deathzone", very low on the EGS, you feel "empty and hollow" because you cannot feel the connection with Source within you anymore. While this connection is always there, you can never get split off of it. And when you croak, you become TOTALLY aware of it, again.
All stances inside the Vortex are called some sort of "Enlightenment", according to Abe. They lasts longer or shorter, go more or less deep, but as long you are in a body you can't consistently stay in full Alignment, aka in total Enlightenment.
(Art of) Allowing 
The "force" that really makes miracles, also called "go with the flow", "stepping out of the way", "chilling out", "letting go". We normally have to train us to do so -as for an Art, as we get taught by society to stress, hard, effort and "try to figure it out"- which only is able to accomplish meager or mediocre outcomes. Allowing means to let the huge, divinely orchestrated energy flow ("the stream of life-force") without dis-allowing it (=not trusting, not relaxing into it), or trying to paddle "upstream".
Analogy of the Vacuum-Cleaner (or, the Toaster)
Abes way to explain that action without vibrational alignment (=plugging in into Source) doesn't work (as pushing the vaccuum-cleaner through the whole house over every spot- while NOT having plugged it in, into the outlet!)
APODI
The Abraham-book "The Amazing Power of Deliberate Intent"
APOE
The Abraham Book "The Astonishing Power of Emotions"
Appreciation
...is a less "ruined" word than "love" and also as "gratitude", with almost the same vibration, according to Abe. They chose to use it instead, so that those humans who got taught to misunderstand completely what "love" truly is, would have a new start, so to speak. So "love", "thankfulness" and "appreciation" really are the same. (see also the term "source" which has the same story)
"Beating the Drum"
Again, a phrase that Abe used a lot in the earlier days, mostly in a more negative way. It means to practice something almost in a default way, and often. As per example "beating the drum of unwanted" when we desire more money, but we beat the drum of "I don't have enough, I don't have enough, I don't have enough".
It would be so much more helpful to beat the drum of "I like this, I like that, oh isn't that nice...?"
(Putting the) Cart before the Horse
Having it backwards: Needing/demanding to get the condition FIRST, so that you can look at it, and therefore be happy. It never works. You must find a way to be unconditionally happy first, which will allow the conditions- which CONFIRM your alignment that you have achieved without having it to begin with.
(trying to) Clean Something Up
Abe teach that you can not "undo" what you thought that you did "wrong", as you can't destroy vibrations, thoughts, ideas. Whenever something got created, it will be ETERNALLY. But you CAN focus on something else, something wanted, instead. -which really "cleans up" where you are. Just like tuning to a different station on your radio, when you want to change the channel. "Cleaning up" in the old way is pushing against something, and in that, you only activate it and make it bigger.
Co-Creation
According to Abe, we as human beings are NEVER single consciousness. Instead, we are "a whole bunch", really. We, as physically focused consciousness (often called the Ego = I, myself) have also an Inner Being (IB), aka "source within us", that also got described in the Bible as "the kingdom of heaven within us". Abe also described this for a time as "humans, being two-headed monsters"- one head would be our IB with it's enormous, much bigger attraction power and the other is our much smaller physically focused Consciousness. Both heads normally are not in Alignment but in a fight, that the IB ALWAYS wins. Which means, we humans never get completely lost or astray.
But that's not the whole story, as we all interact all the time with other Consciousnesses, energetically and of course, also physically- if we notice it or not. EVERYTHING that happens is a Co-Creation between all those that were involved. So, nothing can ever be "the fault" of only one Consciousness (while source knows that "fault is an illusion"), while the other is a victim: "We are ALL in this together" (Abe).
When Co-Creation happens purposefully and ITV, it is "Co-Creation at it's best".
Contrast
A lot of Abe-longtimers lose the understanding, in which way Abe really mean their term "contrast", as they learned to use it as an elegant word for what they don't want. But that was never meant in this way. Contrast always clarifies, and in that, always serves us.
We can "look away" or blur the contrast to soothe us (in going general) or focus into it more to see and feel "sharp and crisp" (=going specific). Without contrast, we could not decipher anything, a bit as if we would be blind and deaf. It is the differences between black and white, dark and light, loud and silent and all delicious nuances in between, that makes us able to realize what we prefer in any given moment. Without deciphering contrast, we would not be able to choose and to CREATE.
Croaking
Dying. In the physical death, "you leave ALL resistance behind and immediately return into pure, positive energy" (Abe). There is NO purgatory or hell! (see "Pure Positive Energy").
Abe speak about Death as disrespectful as they can, as "there is no death". It's just a change of focus. And, Abe "are as dead as it gets" (Abe)
(Emotional) Discs
For some time, Abe explained all emotional stances as "discs".
Downstream
In earlier days, Abraham very often used the phrase "go downstream (instead of upstream)". It's the same as "Go with the flow", which also is an Abe-phrase.
It originated in Esther and Jerry joining a river-rafting experience on the mighty Colorado river, "where nobody even thought about paddling upstream". While, according to Abe, we humans often try to paddle our boats "upstream" and work in that very very hard, as that's just what we are used to doing. Instead, we could (and should) go DOWNSTREAM/ with the flow, and let the stream (of life) carry us.
"Allowing" is: going downstream, chilling out, taking it easy. And: "Everything that you want, IS downstream!" (Abe)
EGS
The EGS, "Emotional Guidance Scale" is described in detail in the resources and in the quote-section.
Abe called it "the map of the soul" in 22 defined steps (while Abe say there are endlessly more inbetween these steps), and the EGS is also open to above. So, there is no end to how good you feel. With the EGS you can find out how aligned you are with what Source knows to be true, or how far off you are.
Your Guidance is, how you feel. The better you feel, the more you are with source, and the worse you feel the more off you are. Feeling bad means: "Turn around. You go towards what is not true, and where you don't want to be".
Focus
Our focus is like the steering-wheel of a car: Wherever you look, there you go. You need to deliberately focus, to deliberately get where you want to go. For a long time, Abe used the analogy that many humans look (=focus) most of their time through their rear mirror, into the past, on what was. But your life does not go backwards, it drives forwards, no matter if you look there or not. But in looking at it through the rear mirror, you give up your control, in the same way as when you would look through the floor-board upon what-is. Doing so does not help you steering where you want to be!
Also, Abe used the analogies of "ignoring the rumble-strips" that shall wake us up when we leave our "highlighted route", while we are "steering into the ditch".
If we would focus precisely and solely at what we DO WANT, and on what brings us joy, we only would go there.
Forking
An early way of Abe describing that we need to notice and deliberately choose our further path, when we, so to speak, come to a "fork in the road", which of the ways feels more upstream (worse) or downstream (better). We can do that ALL the time in our daily life, not just on roads! As soon we notice, that something even slightly begins to feel off, it's time "to fork" (into the better feeling path, of course).
Go General
Abe advice to "take out the speed" of any topic you are focusing at, when it doesn't feel good anymore. When you already have achieved a strong unwanted momentum, you need to gently "slow down" before you can stop the "train of thought", and you do that by "going general". Thinking less and less specific, less often, with calmer emotion, or even pulling back completely. This is soothing, comforting, calming.
Going general works as the brakes in a car. It means, to focus in a general, soft, vague, blurry way =with less contrast.
Go Specific
...is the opposite of going general. It is as the gas-pedal in your car. You activate it by thinking/talking/activating a topic with more emotion, more often, in greater detail. It makes you eager, awake, passionate, fascinated- but ONLY when you don't fake it. Otherwise, it will painfully backlash.
It means to focus in a sharp, pointed, detailed, intensively clarifying way: what means, with more contrast.
Go with the Flow
Also: "Let go of the oars". Stop trying so hard. Instead, take it easy, be lazy, chill out, take a nap, allow the stream to carry you... which all means to ALLOW. See "Allowing" and "downstream"
Grid, Gridwork
For some time, Abe seemed to substitute the term "Vortex" with the term "Grid". While it really is two different things. According to Abe, our whole world is built by endless vibrational structures, that Abe tried to explain as "Grids". So, there are grids that make red red, and blue blue, grids that make something small or large and so on. Every topic is created in this myriads of structural vibrations. We can construct a wanted idea or goal by practicing the emotional Grids of it, or (as Abe said in earlier days) it's "vibrational essences".
This happens by deciphering how we want to feel when we are, per example, rich, or with our desired mate. Practicing this emotions (by thinking, speaking or, best: writing them, until we really FEEL them) conjures the desired stuff.
High-Flying-Discs
For some time, Abe explained all emotional stances as "discs". And so they called the highest levels/rungs/discs of the Vortex (as Love, Appreciation, Joy, Peace, Freedom, Power and Passion) "the high flying discs"
High-Lighted Route
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(also see "focus"). Abe teach that the most joyful, for us uniquely BEST path towards where we want to go is always obviously and clearly, joyfully "highlighted". We are joyfully drawn to it: It is the option that feels best to us, here and now, most calling. In the animation-movie "Brave", this gets directly used: Little magic blue lights show the heroine Merida where she is supposed to go, in the wild highlands.
HS, Hotseater
The person that gets chosen by Abe to come "into the HS" (=the Hotseat) up with them on the stage, so that they can ask their questions. For a time, Abe called the Hotseat the "Loveseat". When you think you got chosen and come forwards, but weren't, Abe send you back, which lovingly gets called "whacked"- as in the game "Whack-a-Mole". Abe insist that they do it much more gently.
Inner Being
The Inner Being Is "Source within us", the "Kingdom of Heaven within us". It is an Extension of Source, just as the physically focused consciousness /Ego is! Both are divine, and both have different jobs of focus, that are equally needed to live a physical life. The physically focused Consciousness is the one who does step 1 and 3 (and all higher forms of step 3 =step 4, 5 and so on), the Inner Being does step 2.
Inspiration vs Motivation vs 
According to Abe, Inspiration is a joyful calling towards something, that always is coming from source.
While Motivation is "your mother, trying to force you into something".
ITV
"In the Vortex". It means, to be lined up with the Source that is within us, aka with "who we really are". ITV, we get good feeling emotions as indicators.
Laying New Pipes
A process that Abe taught after Esthers and Jerries "pipes" who circled the water on their outside-pool, had clogged with very hard debris. It was impossible to chisel this out, so the repair-company had to find a different solution, and it was to leave the old pipes where they were and simply lay new, open ones besides the old and clogged ones and use those new ones, instead.
And that's the analogy that Abe conveyed: Don't try too hard to "repair" old approaches to a thing that you want, when they stopped working. Just let it go, leave it behind. And instead, find a new and better, free flowing, approach!
LoA/ Law of Attraction
Abe have stated, that it was them, channeled by Esther, who introduced this specific term onto planet Earth, first. While it gets ascribed to almost every wise person who ever walked on Earth, in this days! Of course, this principle was always there, and certainly got recognized before. It got phrased in many ways before as per example "Same attracts same" or "You will always reap what you have sown". We have religious advice or sayings of popular wisdom as "Birds of same feather flock together", "Judge not, and you shall not be judged; condemn not, and you shall not be condemned", "You'll see in the mirror what is looking into it", "as the question, so the answer", and "what goes around comes around"- they all point to the obvious results of LoA.
LoA is not executed by some person or God, or a "Karma" to punish us. It is simply an universal, energetic principle, or "the only Law that we care about" (Abe). It works absolutely fair and equal, precisely, always, everywhere and eternally, no exception.
It will always bring you more and more of "the same", until you change your output: "Don't worry, it'll get bigger" (Abe)- be it wanted or unwanted.
MLOA
the Abraham-book "Money and the Law of Attraction"
Motivation 
Motivation is a pushing against something unwanted, that Abe never encourage. It comes from fear, and does never REALLY feel good.
See also: Inspiration vs Motivation
Momentum
When you "beat the drum of something", aka you practice it, and you are quite specific about it, you make the momentum of it's vibration faster. Which is good when you activate something wanted, and not so good when you do it with an unwanted topic, because the more momentum your vibration gets, the faster and more intense you are manifesting it.
My Pie
...Something that is "my Creation", my topic, my business. Something that I care about and have power over, because it is ABOUT ME.
Also: "NOT my pie", or "not YOUR pie": Something that is not my (or your) business.
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Being "Out of the Vortex" means to not be lined up, and to feel worse and worse negative emotions as indicator of it. It is helpful to know that all less crappy emotions are, as the rungs of a ladder, HELPFUL and really crucial to get back "ITV". It's hard to impossible to get back where you want to be when you skip some of them or even want to get back, in one big fell swoop. So, even the stances of RELIEF still are feeling mightily unwanted- don't blame any of them, but appreciate each stance "where you are", as that is the best, easiest and fastest way to "turn around".
Pain
All pain is a vibrational indicator, that you are IN THIS MOMENT striving from the focus of Source within you. Physical pain is just "very loud emotion" (Abe). Abe have stated, that everything is psychosomatic, always: It is always a more bold enhancement aka materialization of your own negatively focused vibration.
Also: "Pain always means, help is on the way. But you are blocking it." (Abe)
Path of Least Resistance/ POLR
In physicality must always be SOME resistance. Even in non-physicality is still some resistance, just so subtle that we humans can't decipher it any longer.
So, there will always be some sort of "delay" in terms of manifestation. This resistance is not the same for everybody, and it changes all the time depending where we "are" in the moment vibrationally.
Source is taking all of this all of the time into consideration and guiding us humans steadily and always on a -all the time new- "POLR" that offers the least possible resistance in the very moment for us, and also the must fun, love, joy and clarity that we have uniquely desired into our Vortexes. Which means, that our POLR is rarely short and straight. It leads us around, above and sometimes even through our contrast in the least painful way- WHILE it also provides us as much joy, fulfillment, "surprise and delight" as possible to decipher for us, here and now.
Abe have also described it as the most "scenic route".
Pet your Cat
Abe-lingo for "chill out and do ANYTHING that feels good. You could go as well to the beach, lay in the sun, listen to good music, watch a funny movie- WHATEVER floats your boat. Also, Abe point out that animals are mostly ITV, and simply being with them can uplift us easily.
Point of Attraction/PoA
Our PoA defines our POLR, and it is always about NOW. It is never about what was in the past!
So, what happens NOW, got attracted by NOW. When you feel -per example- pain now, you have activated and allowed that pain, just now. It is not about what you have done yesterday!
Poking at Something with a Stick
An old Abe-term where they describe that when you are not sure how you feel about something (aka what your guidance tells you about it), "poke at it with a stick" just a bit. Meaning, try it a little while, but very carefully, so that you can back off as soon it clearly feels uncomfortable. "Don't worry, it will get bigger" until you get REALLY clear about it.
Pre-paving
Abe's way of explaining how we can vibrational "plan" what we want to happen. In activating (by thinking- speaking- or writing about what we want to experience, aka seeting Grids, we "prepave", straiten out- and clean up a smooth path of expectation, and so, the vibrations that we attract don't bump into our resistances while we move through our days.
Priming the pump
In earlier times where hand pumps were needed to pump water up from a well, this worked by pushing the pumphandle up and down. This movement had to be done several times BEFORE water started to flow- which is called "priming the pump". Abe use the analogy to describe that we must activate a thought some time before "things start to flow". There is no immediate manifestation- just with the hand pump, or all good things in life. It takes some time, some unconditional activation, to get them going.
Pure Positive Energy
This is, what Abe teaches "Heaven" and God/Source to be. It is the stance into which we return, after our Death/transitioning process/"croaking".
There is ONLY pure positive energy awaiting and surrounding us, NO purgatory or hell.
This stance also would be available as "Paradise on Earth" most of our physical time, when we allow ourselves to be happy (instead of right), and shed our resistances as much as possible. According to Abe, we still will have some step-1-moments (that don't need to be painful at all) because the idea of being a human in physicality is to be a Creator. And for that, we need Contrast and Step 1's.
Rampage
Abe use the term mostly as "Rampages of Appreciation". But you also could go on Rampages of Anger or other Negativity- aka, a pity-party or a down-spiral. But why would you do that?
Rampages as Abe-processes are a deliberate rambling-attempt to appreciate specifically, and in that to enhance the wanted momentum until you really "fly high". It is a powerful tool. Don't use it when you don't feel authentically solid and joyful at the beginning already, because the big momentum that you are creating will painfully backlash and throw you over, when you just faked being ITV in the beginning.
There are some examples where Abe show us how a SOOTHING rampage is done. It is not getting specific, but deliberately general and is just because of the repetition a "rampage". You could look for Abraham youtube- clips as "nothing matters very much" to see how that goes.
Resisting/Resistance
The opposite of "Allowing". Resisting what you want, resisting the call of Source (=joyful impulses), resisting relief- and instead, working hard, doing it all on your own, not resting, etc.
Rocket of Desire
A desire, that we "give birth to".
Abe explain, that in the moment life "causes us to have a new desire", this desire "energetically shoots out of us" as a rocket. Sometimes we do notice it (it's an elated very high feeling), sometimes "we kill it with our doubt" even before we really get aware of it. But, we can NOT kill it. We just supress our awareness of it. The rocket "goes into our Vortex" and gets tended to and allowed immedeately (=step 2) by source. There is more explanation of this in the Quotes.
Rumble Strips
like the markings on the sides of some streets that make the tires rumble loudly, this are wake-up calls, "close misses" that we get to make us aware that we are leaving the best path to where we want to go (see "focus").
Source
Abes word for "God". Abe say, we humans have ruined several words (as "Love" or "Money" or "Power") with deeply trained negative misunderstandings. "God" is one of them: "You have taken PURE POSITIVE ENERGY and turned it into a vengeful "God"!" (Abe)
And so, to be able to talk about the topic, Abe picked another term that means the same, but will not appall so many people.
Source/God is in EVERYTHING and EVERYONE. It is not diminished or defined by religions, it doesn't matter if we believe in it or are even aware of it. We all are it's "Extensions"- every person, every animal, every sandkernel is "God in physical form" (Abe).
Step 1
In the 3 steps of creation (step 1 is ask, step 2 is: Source answers or gives it, vibrationally), step 3 is: You allow it to manifest into physicality),
step 1 is the "ask" part. It doesn't feel so good as long you are not really a master (as in step 5 or 6), because you are aware of what you do NOT have or want mostly.
According to Abe, all needing, yearning, but also deciphering, figuring out, discussing, trying, fighting and hurting over any topic is step 1.
Step2
Source answers your request and gives what you want in vibrational form. It happens instantaneously whenever we desire something. More information in the quote-section.
Step 3
In letting go of the problem, aka feeling good in ANY way that works for you, you "allow". You "open the door to what you want".
In allowing, you "get out of the way" so that your life can shift from the vibration of the problem into the vibration of the solution. All higher steps are simply more mastership of step 3 (step 4 is getting really good at step 3, step 5 is starting to love step 1 as well, step 6 is being in an exquisitely full and whole moment of allowing.) More information in the quote-section.
Step 4
It means, you REALLY mean it in regards to following your emotional guidance, dropping resistances, chilling out, becoming aware of how you feel. You train yourself in Allowing and you know what to do when you have slipped, energetically. "You got really good at deliberately focusing yourself into step 3" (Abe)
Step 5
...when you not only understand the Unwanted, but are enjoying it for it's wanted sides, and you even love it, unconditionally. Contrast has lost it's sting. What formerly felt mortifying, painful, terrible or horrific can be seen as a blessing, from a higher-source perspective. You can find it in a sense even humorous, and always clarifying. You are able to see "through the eyes of source": only the wanted sides of each subject.
Step 6 
Blissfully seeing the world purely through the eyes of source. Colors are deeper, sounds/fragrances/tastes are more delicious, you start to "dance with the angels".
Surprise and Delight
According to Abe, nobody can fully conjure or remember what they have put into their Vortex, as many desires go unnoticed by us. Also, Source has coupled our desires together which makes "delicious cakes" from all the detailed "ingrediences" that got assembled, ITV. So when we allow a manifestation, it can be much more than we dared (or where able) to conjure- which makes for "surprise and delight". And just as life is supposed to be, for all of us.
Teaching by your own example
Abe say, that the best teaching is given by our own example: "It is only life, that really teaches" (Abe). So, besides clarifying words, soothing and uplifting, the best we can do to serve the world is to be ourselves in Alignment- happy, loving, abundant, joyful and wise.
TiTiTo
An acronym for "Tuned in, Tapped in, Turned on". Which means to deliberately tune yourself in- and so, tap into the wisdom, love, knowing and power of Source, and turn on the broadcast of Source through you, so to speak.
And: The pun with "being turned on" IS intended, as that is how this feels .
Trying too hard 
means to do have your focus on "needing to solve problems", efforting, accomplishing action-journeys- instead of "allowing", letting go, trusting and relaxing. It holds you in neediness, impatience and stress (=OOTV) and blocks the flowing-towards-you of the solutions that you, so intensely, try to "achieve".
Having up your Umbrella / Umbrella-Response
Abe state that "blessings are raining down on us" all the time. But most of us would have "their umbrella up" (=resistance, in all kinds of forms that feel OOTV as disbelief, fear, doubt, hatred...). Which "shields them". An umbrella-response means, to react with resistance to a chance or an offer, or chronically to anything new, that enters life.
Universal Manager
In earlier time, Abe gave the title "Universal Manager" to the Source within you, that knows exactly what you want, where it is in any moment, the best and most joyful path towards it, all the perfect cooperative components- and the perfect timing. So, really, Source is your perfect "Manager". And they are eager to pull things together that are helpful to you, and guide you every step along the way.
Uplifter
According to Abe, most of us came as "Uplifters". This would also fit into the Non-Abe-term "Lightworker". Those souls that feel this calling realize the fact, that it is an "uplifted", high, fast vibrating JOYFUL vibration that makes the world lighter and more joyful to live in. It's not about pushing against the unwanted, but about soothing and inspiring, leading to fun, humor, lightheartedness, joy, ease and love.
Upstream
you work (not joyfully) really really hard , which is step 1 and doesn't bring you what you really want. See "action-journey" and "downstream"
Vibrational Currency
Abe teach, that- while money is a very helpful and convenient facilitator, Vibration is even more powerful. Because, as we all know, money can not buy ALL things- as per example time and timing, relationships, joy, love, ease, peace or even health. But Vibration can and will net you literally EVERYTHING that you desire! To make that more understandable to us, Abe coined
the term "Vibrational Currency" that is like money- just better.
Vibrational Essence
See "Grid"
Vortex
Abe explain that energy is "drawn to more of itself". This happens in funneling, swirling and spiraling flow of energy, from more loose towards more and more intense and bold. It is directed towards something that powerfully attracts it as a center, a "point of attraction". Solar systems are built that way, water flows like this. A cornucopia looks like it, too. Abe use the term "Vortex of Creation" to describe in shorthand what they called "our Escrow", a vibrational place where all we have ever desired is held and tended to, by source. There are countless Vortexes in every moment, but Abe reduce them to the term "The Vortex" to describe the assembly of wanted ideas. For more information, please look into the quote-collection of the "Vortex".
Who-You-Really-Are
As physically focused Consciousnesses, our Egos have forgotten most of who-we-really-are, to be able to play this specific Earth-game. "Thank God", we are never alone, but truly, we all are one in our core. And we are all guided all the time, and can not go astray ever. No matter if we think we would be good or bad, worthy or unworthy, we really are "God/Source in physical form" (Abe). Aka, "children of God".
See "Inner Being" and "Source"
wobble
Abe used the term "wobble" in different stories, but the basis is insecurity, disalignment and a "wobbling" back and forth in focus on a topic, or in energy. "Wobble juice" is alcohol.
WS, workshop
It can mean a process that Abe announced in the early beginning, where you take 15 minutes to find anything to really appreciate. But normally it means the gatherings where people come together to listen to Abe, live... as, in conference-rooms of big hotels, or on Abe-cruises. In the last years, you can attend live- streamed workshops as well (and buy the recordings of all of them). A workshop -usually, in the last years- consists of 2 hours of Q & A, divided by a 20-min. break, which Abe call "segment of refreshment". In earlier days, AH served "segment of lunch" in between, usually, WS's that were 3hrs long. Not now, anymore.
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AAIIG
The Abraham-book "Ask and it is Given"
Abrahamster
An early name for those who love the Abraham-teaching
Action-Journey
Abe teach that Action-Journey and Drama are very alike. They are motivated, loud, painful, confused, non-aligned und not satisfying, because we did not tend to shift VIBRATION first. Now we "try to bang things into place" with hard work, instead. It's rarely working, but mostly exhausting. Back off, relax, and start new in more Alignment.
Note that "inspired Action" from ITV is a very good and effective, but most of all joyful thing!
AH
Abbreviation for "Abraham Hicks Publications",
the website of- and the enterprise, that holds all copyrights, that publishes, organizes and sells all the products around Abraham
Alignment
The whole EGS (=Emotional Guidance System) is about to see where you are in regards to Source, within you: Are you "high" ITV on top of the EGS, than you have a great level of Alignment with Source. Somewhere in the middle of the EGS, you have a level of Alignment that doesn't feel so good anymore, but not terribly bad either. And in the "deathzone", very low on the EGS, you feel "empty and hollow" because you cannot feel the connection with Source within you anymore. While this connection is always there, you can never get split off of it. And when you croak, you become TOTALLY aware of it, again.
All stances inside the Vortex are called some sort of "Enlightenment", according to Abe. They lasts longer or shorter, go more or less deep, but as long you are in a body you can't consistently stay in full Alignment, aka in total Enlightenment.
(Art of) Allowing
The "force" that really makes miracles, also called "go with the flow", "stepping out of the way", "chilling out", "letting go". We normally have to train us to do so -as for an Art, as we get taught by society to stress, hard, effort and "try to figure it out"- which only is able to accomplish meager or mediocre outcomes. Allowing means to let the huge, divinely orchestrated energy flow ("the stream of life-force") without dis-allowing it (=not trusting, not relaxing into it), or trying to paddle "upstream".
Analogy of the Vacuum-Cleaner (or, the Toaster)
Abes way to explain that action without vibrational alignment (=plugging in into Source) doesn't work (as pushing the vaccuum-cleaner through the whole house over every spot- while NOT having plugged it in, into the outlet!)
APODI
The Abraham-book "The Amazing Power of Deliberate Intent"
APOE
The Abraham Book "The Astonishing Power of Emotions"
Appreciation
...is a less "ruined" word than "love" and also as "gratitude", with almost the same vibration, according to Abe. They chose to use it instead, so that those humans who got taught to misunderstand completely what "love" truly is, would have a new start, so to speak. So "love", "thankfulness" and "appreciation" really are the same. (see also the term "source" which has the same story)
"Beating the Drum"
Again, a phrase that Abe used a lot in the earlier days, mostly in a more negative way. It means to practice something almost in a default way, and often. As per example "beating the drum of unwanted" when we desire more money, but we beat the drum of "I don't have enough, I don't have enough, I don't have enough".
It would be so much more helpful to beat the drum of "I like this, I like that, oh isn't that nice...?"
(Putting the) Cart before the Horse
Having it backwards: Needing/demanding to get the condition FIRST, so that you can look at it, and therefore be happy. It never works. You must find a way to be unconditionally happy first, which will allow the conditions- which CONFIRM your alignment that you have achieved without having it to begin with.
(trying to) Clean Something Up
Abe teach that you can not "undo" what you thought that you did "wrong", as you can't destroy vibrations, thoughts, ideas. Whenever something got created, it will be ETERNALLY. But you CAN focus on something else, something wanted, instead. -which really "cleans up" where you are. Just like tuning to a different station on your radio, when you want to change the channel. "Cleaning up" in the old way is pushing against something, and in that, you only activate it and make it bigger.
Co-Creation
According to Abe, we as human beings are NEVER single consciousness. Instead, we are "a whole bunch", really. We, as physically focused consciousness (often called the Ego = I, myself) have also an Inner Being (IB), aka "source within us", that also got described in the Bible as "the kingdom of heaven within us". Abe also described this for a time as "humans, being two-headed monsters"- one head would be our IB with it's enormous, much bigger attraction power and the other is our much smaller physically focused Consciousness. Both heads normally are not in Alignment but in a fight, that the IB ALWAYS wins. Which means, we humans never get completely lost or astray.
But that's not the whole story, as we all interact all the time with other Consciousnesses, energetically and of course, also physically- if we notice it or not. EVERYTHING that happens is a Co-Creation between all those that were involved. So, nothing can ever be "the fault" of only one Consciousness (while source knows that "fault is an illusion"), while the other is a victim: "We are ALL in this together" (Abe).
When Co-Creation happens purposefully and ITV, it is "Co-Creation at it's best".
Contrast
A lot of Abe-longtimers lose the understanding, in which way Abe really mean their term "contrast", as they learned to use it as an elegant word for what they don't want. But that was never meant in this way. Contrast always clarifies, and in that, always serves us.
We can "look away" or blur the contrast to soothe us (in going general) or focus into it more to see and feel "sharp and crisp" (=going specific). Without contrast, we could not decipher anything, a bit as if we would be blind and deaf. It is the differences between black and white, dark and light, loud and silent and all delicious nuances in between, that makes us able to realize what we prefer in any given moment. Without deciphering contrast, we would not be able to choose and to CREATE.
Croaking
Dying. In the physical death, "you leave ALL resistance behind and immediately return into pure, positive energy" (Abe). There is NO purgatory or hell! (see "Pure Positive Energy").
Abe speak about Death as disrespectful as they can, as "there is no death". It's just a change of focus. And, Abe "are as dead as it gets" (Abe)
(Emotional) Discs
For some time, Abe explained all emotional stances as "discs".
Downstream
In earlier days, Abraham very often used the phrase "go downstream (instead of upstream)". It's the same as "Go with the flow", which also is an Abe-phrase.
It originated in Esther and Jerry joining a river-rafting experience on the mighty Colorado river, "where nobody even thought about paddling upstream". While, according to Abe, we humans often try to paddle our boats "upstream" and work in that very very hard, as that's just what we are used to doing. Instead, we could (and should) go DOWNSTREAM/ with the flow, and let the stream (of life) carry us.
"Allowing" is: going downstream, chilling out, taking it easy. And: "Everything that you want, IS downstream!" (Abe)
EGS
The EGS, "Emotional Guidance Scale" is described in detail in the resources and in the quote-section.
Abe called it "the map of the soul" in 22 defined steps (while Abe say there are endlessly more inbetween these steps), and the EGS is also open to above. So, there is no end to how good you feel. With the EGS you can find out how aligned you are with what Source knows to be true, or how far off you are.
Your Guidance is, how you feel. The better you feel, the more you are with source, and the worse you feel the more off you are. Feeling bad means: "Turn around. You go towards what is not true, and where you don't want to be".
Focus
Our focus is like the steering-wheel of a car: Wherever you look, there you go. You need to deliberately focus, to deliberately get where you want to go. For a long time, Abe used the analogy that many humans look (=focus) most of their time through their rear mirror, into the past, on what was. But your life does not go backwards, it drives forwards, no matter if you look there or not. But in looking at it through the rear mirror, you give up your control, in the same way as when you would look through the floor-board upon what-is. Doing so does not help you steering where you want to be!
Also, Abe used the analogies of "ignoring the rumble-strips" that shall wake us up when we leave our "highlighted route", while we are "steering into the ditch".
If we would focus precisely and solely at what we DO WANT, and on what brings us joy, we only would go there.
Forking
An early way of Abe describing that we need to notice and deliberately choose our further path, when we, so to speak, come to a "fork in the road", which of the ways feels more upstream (worse) or downstream (better). We can do that ALL the time in our daily life, not just on roads! As soon we notice, that something even slightly begins to feel off, it's time "to fork" (into the better feeling path, of course).
Go General
Abe advice to "take out the speed" of any topic you are focusing at, when it doesn't feel good anymore. When you already have achieved a strong unwanted momentum, you need to gently "slow down" before you can stop the "train of thought", and you do that by "going general". Thinking less and less specific, less often, with calmer emotion, or even pulling back completely. This is soothing, comforting, calming.
Going general works as the brakes in a car. It means, to focus in a general, soft, vague, blurry way =with less contrast.
Go Specific
...is the opposite of going general. It is as the gas-pedal in your car. You activate it by thinking/talking/activating a topic with more emotion, more often, in greater detail. It makes you eager, awake, passionate, fascinated- but ONLY when you don't fake it. Otherwise, it will painfully backlash.
It means to focus in a sharp, pointed, detailed, intensively clarifying way: what means, with more contrast.
Go with the Flow
Also: "Let go of the oars". Stop trying so hard. Instead, take it easy, be lazy, chill out, take a nap, allow the stream to carry you... which all means to ALLOW. See "Allowing" and "downstream"
Grid, Gridwork
For some time, Abe seemed to substitute the term "Vortex" with the term "Grid". While it really is two different things. According to Abe, our whole world is built by endless vibrational structures, that Abe tried to explain as "Grids". So, there are grids that make red red, and blue blue, grids that make something small or large and so on. Every topic is created in this myriads of structural vibrations. We can construct a wanted idea or goal by practicing the emotional Grids of it, or (as Abe said in earlier days) it's "vibrational essences".
This happens by deciphering how we want to feel when we are, per example, rich, or with our desired mate. Practicing this emotions (by thinking, speaking or, best: writing them, until we really FEEL them) conjures the desired stuff.
High-Flying-Discs
For some time, Abe explained all emotional stances as "discs". And so they called the highest levels/rungs/discs of the Vortex (as Love, Appreciation, Joy, Peace, Freedom, Power and Passion) "the high flying discs"
High-Lighted Route
----> ----> (also see "focus"). Abe teach that the most joyful, for us uniquely BEST path towards where we want to go is always obviously and clearly, joyfully "highlighted". We are joyfully drawn to it: It is the option that feels best to us, here and now, most calling. In the animation-movie "Brave", this gets directly used: Little magic blue lights show the heroine Merida where she is supposed to go, in the wild highlands.
HS, Hotseater
The person that gets chosen by Abe to come "into the HS" (=the Hotseat) up with them on the stage, so that they can ask their questions. For a time, Abe called the Hotseat the "Loveseat". When you think you got chosen and come forwards, but weren't, Abe send you back, which lovingly gets called "whacked"- as in the game "Whack-a-Mole". Abe insist that they do it much more gently.
Inner Being
The Inner Being Is "Source within us", the "Kingdom of Heaven within us". It is an Extension of Source, just as the physically focused consciousness /Ego is! Both are divine, and both have different jobs of focus, that are equally needed to live a physical life. The physically focused Consciousness is the one who does step 1 and 3 (and all higher forms of step 3 =step 4, 5 and so on), the Inner Being does step 2.
Inspiration vs Motivation
vs According to Abe, Inspiration is a joyful calling towards something, that always is coming from source.
While Motivation is "your mother, trying to force you into something".
ITV
"In the Vortex". It means, to be lined up with the Source that is within us, aka with "who we really are". ITV, we get good feeling emotions as indicators.
Laying New Pipes
A process that Abe taught after Esthers and Jerries "pipes" who circled the water on their outside-pool, had clogged with very hard debris. It was impossible to chisel this out, so the repair-company had to find a different solution, and it was to leave the old pipes where they were and simply lay new, open ones besides the old and clogged ones and use those new ones, instead.
And that's the analogy that Abe conveyed: Don't try too hard to "repair" old approaches to a thing that you want, when they stopped working. Just let it go, leave it behind. And instead, find a new and better, free flowing, approach!
LoA/ Law of Attraction
Abe have stated, that it was them, channeled by Esther, who introduced this specific term onto planet Earth, first. While it gets ascribed to almost every wise person who ever walked on Earth, in this days! Of course, this principle was always there, and certainly got recognized before. It got phrased in many ways before as per example "Same attracts same" or "You will always reap what you have sown". We have religious advice or sayings of popular wisdom as "Birds of same feather flock together", "Judge not, and you shall not be judged; condemn not, and you shall not be condemned", "You'll see in the mirror what is looking into it", "as the question, so the answer", and "what goes around comes around"- they all point to the obvious results of LoA.
LoA is not executed by some person or God, or a "Karma" to punish us. It is simply an universal, energetic principle, or "the only Law that we care about" (Abe). It works absolutely fair and equal, precisely, always, everywhere and eternally, no exception.
It will always bring you more and more of "the same", until you change your output: "Don't worry, it'll get bigger" (Abe)- be it wanted or unwanted.
MLOA
the Abraham-book "Money and the Law of Attraction"
Motivation
Motivation is a pushing against something unwanted, that Abe never encourage. It comes from fear, and does never REALLY feel good.
See also: Inspiration vs Motivation
Momentum
When you "beat the drum of something", aka you practice it, and you are quite specific about it, you make the momentum of it's vibration faster. Which is good when you activate something wanted, and not so good when you do it with an unwanted topic, because the more momentum your vibration gets, the faster and more intense you are manifesting it.
My Pie
...Something that is "my Creation", my topic, my business. Something that I care about and have power over, because it is ABOUT ME.
Also: "NOT my pie", or "not YOUR pie": Something that is not my (or your) business.
OOTV
<--- <--- <--- <--- <--- <--- <--- <--- <--- <--- <--- <--- Being "Out of the Vortex" means to not be lined up, and to feel worse and worse negative emotions as indicator of it. It is helpful to know that all less crappy emotions are, as the rungs of a ladder, HELPFUL and really crucial to get back "ITV". It's hard to impossible to get back where you want to be when you skip some of them or even want to get back, in one big fell swoop. So, even the stances of RELIEF still are feeling mightily unwanted- don't blame any of them, but appreciate each stance "where you are", as that is the best, easiest and fastest way to "turn around".
Pain
All pain is a vibrational indicator, that you are IN THIS MOMENT striving from the focus of Source within you. Physical pain is just "very loud emotion" (Abe). Abe have stated, that everything is psychosomatic, always: It is always a more bold enhancement aka materialization of your own negatively focused vibration.
Also: "Pain always means, help is on the way. But you are blocking it." (Abe)
Path of Least Resistance/ POLR
In physicality must always be SOME resistance. Even in non-physicality is still some resistance, just so subtle that we humans can't decipher it any longer.
So, there will always be some sort of "delay" in terms of manifestation. This resistance is not the same for everybody, and it changes all the time depending where we "are" in the moment vibrationally.
Source is taking all of this all of the time into consideration and guiding us humans steadily and always on a -all the time new- "POLR" that offers the least possible resistance in the very moment for us, and also the must fun, love, joy and clarity that we have uniquely desired into our Vortexes. Which means, that our POLR is rarely short and straight. It leads us around, above and sometimes even through our contrast in the least painful way- WHILE it also provides us as much joy, fulfillment, "surprise and delight" as possible to decipher for us, here and now.
Abe have also described it as the most "scenic route".
Pet your Cat
Abe-lingo for "chill out and do ANYTHING that feels good. You could go as well to the beach, lay in the sun, listen to good music, watch a funny movie- WHATEVER floats your boat. Also, Abe point out that animals are mostly ITV, and simply being with them can uplift us easily.
Point of Attraction/PoA
Our PoA defines our POLR, and it is always about NOW. It is never about what was in the past!
So, what happens NOW, got attracted by NOW. When you feel -per example- pain now, you have activated and allowed that pain, just now. It is not about what you have done yesterday!
Poking at Something with a Stick
An old Abe-term where they describe that when you are not sure how you feel about something (aka what your guidance tells you about it), "poke at it with a stick" just a bit. Meaning, try it a little while, but very carefully, so that you can back off as soon it clearly feels uncomfortable. "Don't worry, it will get bigger" until you get REALLY clear about it.
Pre-paving
Abe's way of explaining how we can vibrational "plan" what we want to happen. In activating (by thinking- speaking- or writing about what we want to experience, aka seeting Grids, we "prepave", straiten out- and clean up a smooth path of expectation, and so, the vibrations that we attract don't bump into our resistances while we move through our days.
Priming the pump
In earlier times where hand pumps were needed to pump water up from a well, this worked by pushing the pumphandle up and down. This movement had to be done several times BEFORE water started to flow- which is called "priming the pump". Abe use the analogy to describe that we must activate a thought some time before "things start to flow". There is no immediate manifestation- just with the hand pump, or all good things in life. It takes some time, some unconditional activation, to get them going.
Pure Positive Energy
This is, what Abe teaches "Heaven" and God/Source to be. It is the stance into which we return, after our Death/transitioning process/"croaking".
There is ONLY pure positive energy awaiting and surrounding us, NO purgatory or hell.
This stance also would be available as "Paradise on Earth" most of our physical time, when we allow ourselves to be happy (instead of right), and shed our resistances as much as possible. According to Abe, we still will have some step-1-moments (that don't need to be painful at all) because the idea of being a human in physicality is to be a Creator. And for that, we need Contrast and Step 1's.
Rampage
Abe use the term mostly as "Rampages of Appreciation". But you also could go on Rampages of Anger or other Negativity- aka, a pity-party or a down-spiral. But why would you do that?
Rampages as Abe-processes are a deliberate rambling-attempt to appreciate specifically, and in that to enhance the wanted momentum until you really "fly high". It is a powerful tool. Don't use it when you don't feel authentically solid and joyful at the beginning already, because the big momentum that you are creating will painfully backlash and throw you over, when you just faked being ITV in the beginning.
There are some examples where Abe show us how a SOOTHING rampage is done. It is not getting specific, but deliberately general and is just because of the repetition a "rampage". You could look for Abraham youtube- clips as "nothing matters very much" to see how that goes.
Resisting/Resistance
The opposite of "Allowing". Resisting what you want, resisting the call of Source (=joyful impulses), resisting relief- and instead, working hard, doing it all on your own, not resting, etc.
Rocket of Desire
A desire, that we "give birth to".
Abe explain, that in the moment life "causes us to have a new desire", this desire "energetically shoots out of us" as a rocket. Sometimes we do notice it (it's an elated very high feeling), sometimes "we kill it with our doubt" even before we really get aware of it. But, we can NOT kill it. We just supress our awareness of it. The rocket "goes into our Vortex" and gets tended to and allowed immedeately (=step 2) by source. There is more explanation of this in the Quotes.
Rumble Strips
like the markings on the sides of some streets that make the tires rumble loudly, this are wake-up calls, "close misses" that we get to make us aware that we are leaving the best path to where we want to go (see "focus").
Source
Abes word for "God". Abe say, we humans have ruined several words (as "Love" or "Money" or "Power") with deeply trained negative misunderstandings. "God" is one of them: "You have taken PURE POSITIVE ENERGY and turned it into a vengeful "God"!" (Abe)
And so, to be able to talk about the topic, Abe picked another term that means the same, but will not appall so many people.
Source/God is in EVERYTHING and EVERYONE. It is not diminished or defined by religions, it doesn't matter if we believe in it or are even aware of it. We all are it's "Extensions"- every person, every animal, every sandkernel is "God in physical form" (Abe).
Step 1
In the 3 steps of creation (step 1 is ask, step 2 is: Source answers or gives it, vibrationally), step 3 is: You allow it to manifest into physicality),
step 1 is the "ask" part. It doesn't feel so good as long you are not really a master (as in step 5 or 6), because you are aware of what you do NOT have or want mostly.
According to Abe, all needing, yearning, but also deciphering, figuring out, discussing, trying, fighting and hurting over any topic is step 1.
Step2
Source answers your request and gives what you want in vibrational form. It happens instantaneously whenever we desire something. More information in the quote-section.
Step 3
In letting go of the problem, aka feeling good in ANY way that works for you, you "allow". You "open the door to what you want".
In allowing, you "get out of the way" so that your life can shift from the vibration of the problem into the vibration of the solution. All higher steps are simply more mastership of step 3 (step 4 is getting really good at step 3, step 5 is starting to love step 1 as well, step 6 is being in an exquisitely full and whole moment of allowing.) More information in the quote-section.
Step 4
It means, you REALLY mean it in regards to following your emotional guidance, dropping resistances, chilling out, becoming aware of how you feel. You train yourself in Allowing and you know what to do when you have slipped, energetically. "You got really good at deliberately focusing yourself into step 3" (Abe)
Step 5
...when you not only understand the Unwanted, but are enjoying it for it's wanted sides, and you even love it, unconditionally. Contrast has lost it's sting. What formerly felt mortifying, painful, terrible or horrific can be seen as a blessing, from a higher-source perspective. You can find it in a sense even humorous, and always clarifying. You are able to see "through the eyes of source": only the wanted sides of each subject.
Step 6
Blissfully seeing the world purely through the eyes of source. Colors are deeper, sounds/fragrances/tastes are more delicious, you start to "dance with the angels".
Surprise and Delight
According to Abe, nobody can fully conjure or remember what they have put into their Vortex, as many desires go unnoticed by us. Also, Source has coupled our desires together which makes "delicious cakes" from all the detailed "ingrediences" that got assembled, ITV. So when we allow a manifestation, it can be much more than we dared (or where able) to conjure- which makes for "surprise and delight". And just as life is supposed to be, for all of us.
Teaching by your own example
Abe say, that the best teaching is given by our own example: "It is only life, that really teaches" (Abe). So, besides clarifying words, soothing and uplifting, the best we can do to serve the world is to be ourselves in Alignment- happy, loving, abundant, joyful and wise.
TiTiTo
An acronym for "Tuned in, Tapped in, Turned on". Which means to deliberately tune yourself in- and so, tap into the wisdom, love, knowing and power of Source, and turn on the broadcast of Source through you, so to speak.
And: The pun with "being turned on" IS intended, as that is how this feels .
Trying too hard
means to do have your focus on "needing to solve problems", efforting, accomplishing action-journeys- instead of "allowing", letting go, trusting and relaxing. It holds you in neediness, impatience and stress (=OOTV) and blocks the flowing-towards-you of the solutions that you, so intensely, try to "achieve".
Having up your Umbrella / Umbrella-Response
Abe state that "blessings are raining down on us" all the time. But most of us would have "their umbrella up" (=resistance, in all kinds of forms that feel OOTV as disbelief, fear, doubt, hatred...). Which "shields them". An umbrella-response means, to react with resistance to a chance or an offer, or chronically to anything new, that enters life.
Universal Manager
In earlier time, Abe gave the title "Universal Manager" to the Source within you, that knows exactly what you want, where it is in any moment, the best and most joyful path towards it, all the perfect cooperative components- and the perfect timing. So, really, Source is your perfect "Manager". And they are eager to pull things together that are helpful to you, and guide you every step along the way.
Uplifter
According to Abe, most of us came as "Uplifters". This would also fit into the Non-Abe-term "Lightworker". Those souls that feel this calling realize the fact, that it is an "uplifted", high, fast vibrating JOYFUL vibration that makes the world lighter and more joyful to live in. It's not about pushing against the unwanted, but about soothing and inspiring, leading to fun, humor, lightheartedness, joy, ease and love.
Upstream
you work (not joyfully) really really hard , which is step 1 and doesn't bring you what you really want. See "action-journey" and "downstream"
Vibrational Currency
Abe teach, that- while money is a very helpful and convenient facilitator, Vibration is even more powerful. Because, as we all know, money can not buy ALL things- as per example time and timing, relationships, joy, love, ease, peace or even health. But Vibration can and will net you literally EVERYTHING that you desire! To make that more understandable to us, Abe coined
the term "Vibrational Currency" that is like money- just better. Vibrational Essence
See "Grid"
Vortex
Abe explain that energy is "drawn to more of itself". This happens in funneling, swirling and spiraling flow of energy, from more loose towards more and more intense and bold. It is directed towards something that powerfully attracts it as a center, a "point of attraction". Solar systems are built that way, water flows like this. A cornucopia looks like it, too. Abe use the term "Vortex of Creation" to describe in shorthand what they called "our Escrow", a vibrational place where all we have ever desired is held and tended to, by source. There are countless Vortexes in every moment, but Abe reduce them to the term "The Vortex" to describe the assembly of wanted ideas. For more information, please look into the quote-collection of the "Vortex".
Who-You-Really-Are
As physically focused Consciousnesses, our Egos have forgotten most of who-we-really-are, to be able to play this specific Earth-game. "Thank God", we are never alone, but truly, we all are one in our core. And we are all guided all the time, and can not go astray ever. No matter if we think we would be good or bad, worthy or unworthy, we really are "God/Source in physical form" (Abe). Aka, "children of God".
See "Inner Being" and "Source"
wobble
Abe used the term "wobble" in different stories, but the basis is insecurity, disalignment and a "wobbling" back and forth in focus on a topic, or in energy. "Wobble juice" is alcohol.
WS, workshop
It can mean a process that Abe announced in the early beginning, where you take 15 minutes to find anything to really appreciate. But normally it means the gatherings where people come together to listen to Abe, live... as, in conference-rooms of big hotels, or on Abe-cruises. In the last years, you can attend live- streamed workshops as well (and buy the recordings of all of them). A workshop -usually, in the last years- consists of 2 hours of Q & A, divided by a 20-min. break, which Abe call "segment of refreshment". In earlier days, AH served "segment of lunch" in between, usually, WS's that were 3hrs long. Not now, anymore.